Jim Erhardt

Rich, I agree.  I applaud Jon's effort to better understand this species and to educate the public on its true nature.  IMO, we should also support Jon in any way possible to place pressure on the MA game and wildlife dept. to take the eastern coyote off the "pest" list that makes it legal to shoot them on sight.  I do believe there is a way to leverage our photography to accomplish these goals.

 Having owned the older G3 for many years, I can say that the G10 is a HUGE step ahead!  Even at ISO 50, the 4MP G3 was so noisy that every file had to have NR applied post-shutter.  The image quality of the G10 at ISO 100 is excellent, though the noise gets "G4 bad" above ISO 200 ( I leave mine set at 100).  In addition to the excellent image quality, the ergonomics and overall feature set of the G10 makes it worthy of taking where ever I go.  For tripod use, I have found that the Wimberley P5 universal camera plat

"I just received my G10 and as already stated, initially its pretty impressive....  maybe a G10 gallery down the road?" I was thinking the same thing - perhaps a "Canon G-Series" gallery.

Roger, I picked up a Giotto MT9241 (  http://www.bhphotovideo.com/nitem/IC= GIMT9241 &BI=1350&KBID=1794   ) and installed a Kirk BH-3 ballhead that I' ve had for a while.  It seems the perfect set up for the G-Series camera.

A place I want to get to myself.  Thanks for the informative article and the photos are excellent!

John, corrections made!

Thanks to all for taking the time to comment, and most of all, for being a part of NPN!

Thanks to all for taking the time to read this article and sharing your thoughts on these new opportunities we envision for the members of the Nature Photographers Network! One of the first projects we are considering is the building of a Member Prints Gallery . Without a doubt, many of our visitors would love to have a print of the many extraordinary photos they view on NPN hanging on a wall in their home or office. This gallery would be intended to serve as a showcase for prints that our members are offering for sale.  It would be very much like one of our current imag

Stan, I think your comment really touches on the essence of what we are.  NPN has most certainly evolved beyond just an Internet forum into a group of talented individuals who share common interests. Our goal is very much as you describe - to leverage our collective skills and passion into something larger. Offering our work to the non-photographer audience is a step toward expanding our recognition - and thus our influence and vision of the natural world - beyond just those who surf nature photography Internet sites. Through our photography, we can g

Pat, absolutely!  If you have any contact info for us to pursue this, please forward it to us.

Tony, good thought!  Others, let us know what you think of this concept.  I envision including on the Post a Photo screen a "Print Available" check box and a field to include a link to the page on your site where you offer it for sale.  This would activate the Print Available icon with your post and serve as the link to your web page.  The only thing we won't do is take a cut. ;-)    

I am looking at this as suggested above - a simple "Buy Print" icon that appears with the photo and serves as a link to the member's own website.  All the details (including pricing) and fulfillment is handled by the member on their own site. So perhaps it works like this; 1. When you post a photo, you have an optional field to place a URL that leads to a specific page on your own website where the print is available 2. Filling in the field automatically enables a small "Buy Print" icon that appears next to the "View

Brad, good question.  Normally, comments can be added both in the original gallery the photo was posted in and in the All Photos Gallery.  Since the proposed Nature Prints gallery would need to be set up as a custom gallery by Dave The Programmer, I could have it so that no comments appear in that gallery.  I think that could make sense since the Nature Prints gallery is intended as a showcase for our visitors to peruse the latest prints, not an IC gallery. Also, to be clear, the small Buy Print icon would appear in all 3 galleries; the original that  

The new Nature Prints Gallery is now online!  Full info here  .

Dolph, thanks for commenting!  Yes, feel free to use this article (print out hard copies and distribute). All that is required is that the copyright info stay intact.

Richard, my pleasure!  BTW, I lost a tripod the exact same way - a really handy Bogen 3001 with a Kirk BH-3. I  drove away leaving it in a parking lot, got home and tried to find it in the back of my car. Realizing my folly, I drove back to the busy public lot but it was a goner. Yeah, brain-fade can get expensive...

Bill, your passion for the land the the photos you capture of it are evident.  Thanks for sharing!

The art of great story telling is as challenging as the art of great photography.  Everyone loves a good story and if done with a humble approach, can avoid the bragging tag.  Those who can do both the story telling and photography really well are few and far between, making it a great combination of skills worth developing.

Wayne and Steve, thanks for commenting! New this year is the slide show will be preserved. In the EPA 2012 Gallery, the "About this Gallery" link leads right here. Thanks again for posting your work on NPN!

Brad, thank-you for bringing this to our attention.  Kudos to you for taking the time to take a stand!